Surgical apparatus.



No. 735,141. PATENTED AUG.'4,*1903.

" G. A. OGLE.

SURGICAL APPARATUS.

APPLIOATIOI( FILED EEO. 17, 1902.

N0 MODEL,

UNITED STATES Patented August 4, 1908.

PATENT OEEICE.

SURGICAL APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters 'Patentv No.' 735,141, datedAugust 4, 1903.

Application iileil December 17,1902.` Serial No. 135,543. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE ATKIN OGLE, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residin gat Catonsville,in the county of Baltimore,State ofMaryland,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SurgicalApparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in medical apparatus, andhas for its object to provide an apparatus adapted to utilize the actionof centrifugal force to relieve the brain or other portions of the humanbody of excessive pressure from the blood.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts,that will be hereinafter described and claimed, and an embodimentthereof is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is a perspective view of an apparatus constructed in accordance with theinvention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing themattress arranged at right angles to the position shown in Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a detail perspective view of the rectangular support for themattress-frame. Fig. 4 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, of theroller at the lower end of said rectangular support. Fig. 5 is a detailview of the connection between the rotating shaft and the mattress-framesupport.

As stated above, the object of this invention is to utilize the actionof centrifugal force to relieve the brain, forinstance, of excessivepressure from the blood. To accomplish this, I provide means forsupporting a mattress or support on which a patient can lie in such amanner that it can be rotated at any 'desired speed about an axis towardwhich the patients head extends. This rotation will cause the blood toowaway from the brain and is found to be a very efficient agency forcuring insomnia and other troubles due to the brain being subjected totoo great a pressure.

The embodiment of the Ainvention illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings includes a base consisting of a plate l, which is mounted onsuitable blocks 2, that are provided at their lower ends withoutwardlyprojecting flanges 3, which may be firmly secured to the doorof the room in which, the apparatus is arranged. To said base is secureda frame or standard 4, in suitable bearings on which is mounted avertical shaft 5. The lower end of said shaft extends through the plate1, and said lower end within the space between the blocks 2, the floor,and said plate 1 is provided with means by which said shaft can beconnected with any suitable motor or source of power. As shown, abandwheel or pulley 6 is secured to the shaft 5 for this purpose, andsaid wheel is provided with a pin or stud 7 by means of which, ifdesired, a driving-rod may be connected thereto to drive the shaft 5instead of employing a belt.

The flange 3 may be formed separate from and secured by nails, bolts, orscrews to the blocks 2, and said blocks need not be separated throughoutthe width of the base, but could be formed by a single piece having athe periphery thereof to permit of the proper arrangement and action ofthe power devices.

The shaft 5 may be mounted in any suitable manner. Preferably thestandard or supporting-frame 4 consists of at least three members, whichare connected at the top by inwardly-extending arms 8 and near theirlower ends by similar arms 9. The shaft 5 extends through aperturesformed in the enlarged meeting ends vof said arms 8 9 and through anaperture in a boss 10 on the plate 1, suitable antifriction-balls 11being provided wherever desired to cause the shaft to run as easily aspossible.

At its upper end the shaft 5 is connected to a block or coupling-piece12, which is provided with two laterally-projecting tubular members 13,into which are screwed the inner ends of rods 14. To the outer ends ofthe rods 14 are connected bars 15, the opposite ends of which are unitedby a cross bar or rod 16. The rods and bars `1415 16 form a horizontalrectangular frame, which is mounted on and supported by the shaft 5 andby a guide-wheel 17, running` on the base-plate l. This guidewheel,which is preferably grooved to engage and move freely around a circulartrack or guide 18'on the plate 1, is mounted in a hanger 19, dependingfrom a casting, to which are connected inclined brace or stay rods 2021, that are connected, respectively, to the cross-rods 16 and the rods14. The upper ends of the rods 2O 21 may be provided with suitablesleeves,

slot of suitable dimensions extending through IOO supporting-frame.

through which the rods 14 16 extend. As shown, the lower ends of thestay or brace rods 20 are connected directly to the casting in which thehanger 19 is supported, and the lower ends of the other brace-rods 21are sleeved on said rods 2O near the points of counection thereof withthe casting.

The upper end of the spindle of hanger 19 preferably extends above thecasting and is secured in a plate or block 22, which fits closelybetween the brace or stay rods 20 21. The guide-wheel 17 is preferablymounted on a sleeve 23, through which the rod 24, connecting the sidearms of the hanger 19, extends, and a series of antifriction-balls arefitted between said sleeve and suitable bearings on the rod 24.

The rectangular frame before referred to forms a support for amattress-frame 25. This frame is provided at one end with hooks 26,adapted to engage the rods 14 and conneet said frame and rods when themattressframe is arranged in the position shown in Fig. 1. Similar hooks27 are provided on one or both of the side bars of the mattress-frame,so that said frame may be connected to the rods 14 when arranged atright angles to the position shown in Fig. 1, which may be desirable incertain cases. The hooks 26 or 27 prevent the mattress-frame from beingthrown out of connection with the rods 14 and the shaft 5 by centrifugalforce when the apparatus is in use.

Additional supports for the mattress-frame are provided by means ofchains 28. These are connected to the ends of the rods 14, which arepreferably bent laterally and into hooks or eyes to which the chains areattached and after passing over suitable standards or uprights 29 areattached to the mattress-frame beyond the points where itis supported bythe frame connected to wheel 17. The uprights or standards 29 may beformed integral with the side bars or rods 15 of the said Said uprights29 may be connected by a cross-rod 30, tted to move vertically on saiduprights and provided at its middle with a short rod 31, that isadjustably connected to block 12 by an internallythreaded sleeve 32. Bythis means said headbar 30 may be adjusted vertically, as desired.

The mattress-frame consists of a frame proper and a covering of wovenwire, and when the apparatus is to be used the patient lies upon anordinary mattress or suitable blankets placed upon said mattress-frame.

The operation of the apparatus will be evident from the foregoingdescription and the drawings. The shaft 5 will be driven at any desiredspeed, the rotation of the mattressframe being varied according to theresult it is desired to accomplish.

The mattress-frame is preferably in a substantially horizontal position,the outer end being elevated slightly above the end adjacent thepower-shaft. XVhile the construction of mattress-frame herein shown anddescribed is preferred, because itis believed to be the most inexpensiveand durable form now known, vyet it is intended by the termmattress-frame employed in the claims to include any other suitablesupport on which the patient to be treated can lie.

While, as stated in the preceding paragraph, the mattress-frame isgenerally supported in a substantially horizontal position, it may bedesirable in some cases to arrange said frame at an angle, with the endadjacent the power shaft highest. This is accomplished by engaging theproper set of hooks on the mattress-frame with the cross-rod 30, which,as before described, is vertically adj ustable, and thereby the saidframe may be readily adjusted and retained at any desired inclination.

To positively prevent the hooks of the inattress-frame being disengagedfrom the connection with the power-shaft when the apparatus is in use,alined apertures or passages 33 are formed in the members thereof,through which suitable pins may be passed. Opposite sides of the rods 14or 30 will thus be engaged by the curved sections of the hooks and thesaid pins and unintentional disengagement of the mattress -frame fromthe power devices will be prevented.

As aV means of indicating the effect produced by the apparatus a gage 34may be attached to one of the rods 15. This consists of a short glasstube partially filled with a suitable iiuid, that may be colored, so asto be readily observed. When the apparatus is in use, the said liquidwill be forced into one end of the glass tube, the extent of suchmovement from its normal level varying as the speed of the shaft 5 isincreased.

The apparatus above described may be advantageously used in treatmentfor rheumatism, congestions, and other disorders, where by properlychanging the position of the patient the action of centrifugal forcewill send fresh blood to the desired part of the body, giving increasedvitality and other incidental benefits.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to besecured by Letters Patent, is

1. In an apparatus for the purpose described, the combination of avertical shaft, a mattress-frame connected with and extending radiallyfrom said shaft, and means for rotating said shaft and frame.

2. In an apparatus for the purpose described, the combination of asubstantially horizontal mattress-frame mounted to rotate about avertical axis at one side thereof, and means for rotating the frame.

3. In an apparatus for the purpose described, the combination of avertical shaft, a substantially horizontally arranged mattress-frameprovided with hooks for engagingarms projecting laterally from saidshaft, and means for rotating said shaft and the mattress-frame engagedtherewith.

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4c. In an apparatus for the purpose described, the combination of avertical shaft, a substantially horizontally arranged mattress-frameadapted to be connected with said 5 shaft, an auxiliary support for saidmattressframe, adapted to rotate about the axis of the shaft, and meansfor rotating the shaft.

5. In an apparatus for the purpose described, the combination of avertical shaft,

io a substantially horizontal frame projecting radially from said shaft,an auxiliary support for the outer end of said frame, a mattress-frameadapted to be detachably secured to said shaft and frame, and means forrotat- :5 ing the shaft.

6. In an apparatus for the purpose described, the combination of arelatively stationary base, a vertical shaft supported on y said base, asubstantially horizontal mattresszo frame adapted to be connected tosaid shaft, an auxiliary support for said mattress-frame including aWheel or roller engaging a circular guide on the base, and means forrotating the shaft.

7. In an apparatusv for the purpose described, the combination of arelatively stationary base, a vertical shaft supported on said base andprovided at its upper end with two oppositely-extending arms, rodsconnect- 3o ed to and extending outwardly from said arms, a cross-barconnecting the outer ends of said rods, a Wheel or roller engagingacircular guide on the base and connected to the frame formed by saidarms, rods and crossbar, a mattress-frame adapted to be supported onsaid frame and having hooks for engaging the arms on the Vertical shaft,and means for rotating the shaft.

8. An apparatus for the purpose described including a mattress frame orsupport mounted to rotate about a vertical axis at one side thereof.

9. In an apparatus for the purpose described, the combination of amattress frame or support mounted to rotate about an axis at one sidethereof, and means for adjusting vertically the side of said frameadjacent said axis.

lO. In an apparatus for the purpose described, the combination of aVertical shaft,

-a mattress frame or support adapted to be GEORGE ATKIN OGLE.

Witnesses:

HARRY MAYER, CHAs. T. HOWARD.

